Analysis of SBI Associates Clerk

Analysis of SBI Associates Clerk SBI Associates Clerk exam has started on 24th January. Till now, six shifts of the exam have happened and multiple shifts are left. Below is the section-wise analysis of the exam till 15th February and you can see the questions asked in GA section at the end of this post.

Overall

Overall, the exam was easy to moderate. A good number of attempts in the exam were 150 – 170.

Overall Recommendation:

Focus on accuracy. Because the paper is easy to moderate, you may be able to do more questions than normal. However, it is more important to get more of them right. In GA, CK/ Marketing and English, only guess if you are at least 50% sure of the answer. Avoid wild guesses. In DI and Reasoning, double check your solutions and be extremely vigilant. Simply by avoiding silly mistakes, you can push your accuracy in these 2 sections above 90%

Move on to next question if you are not able to solve/ recall the answer. Do not get stuck with one question. There are a lot of other questions which you can solve and score well. Good luck

Reasoning:

Overall, the Reasoning section was easy to moderate. A good number of attempts in the exam were 33-38. There were no questions from non-verbal reasoning. Topics from which the questions were asked:

Syllogism

Data Sufficiency

Sitting Arrangement

Puzzle

Coded Inequalities

Statement and Assumptions

Numerical Ability:

Overall, the NA section was easy to moderate and a good number of attempts in this section were 30-35. Topics from which the questions were asked:

Number Series

One Data Interpretation Set

Simplification

Arithmetic (Profit Loss, Time & work, Percentage, Age, etc.

English:

Overall, the English section was easy to moderate and a well prepared candidate could attempt 33-38 questions. Topics from which the questions were asked:

Reading Comprehensions

Rearrangement

Cloze test

Error Spotting

General Awareness:

Overall, the GA section was easy to moderate and a well prepared candidate could attempt 25-30 questions. The questions in this section were from the topics like World Organisations, Banking abbreviations, Dates and Days, Books and authors, Census, Science and Technology, Capitals and Currencies, International Summits, RBI and it’s functions and Sports.

Marketing + Computer Knowledge:

Overall, the CK/ Marketing section was easy to moderate and a well prepared candidate could attempt 33-38 questions in this section. Topics from which the questions were asked: Marketing related to Finance and Banking, MS Office, Application Software, Hardware, Software, and Input-Output Units.

General Awareness Questions:

Capital of Canada – Ottawa

Bhutanese currency – Ngultrum

CEO of NITI Aayog – Sindhushree Khullar

Who is Shinzo Abe – Japenese Prime Minister

Who among the following was one of the previous RBI governor – Y V Reddy

Who among the following is not in the ex- officio’s list in NITI – 5 ministers were given(Members of NITI Aayog Arun jaitely, Rajnath Singh, Suresh Prabhu and Radha Mohan Singh)

PK movie director – Raj Kumar Hirani

World water day – 22nd March

Minister of Road Transport and Highways – Nitin Gadkari

World Environment Day is observed on – 05 June

Author of “God of small things” – Arundhati Roy

WU-14 is launched by- China

Speed of Computer is measured in- Hertz

New chief of RAW – Mr. Rajinder Khanna

Headquarter of International Maritime Organization (IMO) is situated at – London, UK.

Strait time person of the year – Narendra Modi

Wular Fresh lake in which state of India-Jammu and Kashmir

Name of boxer recently banned – Sarita Devi

Bandhavgarh National Park is in which state – Madhya Pradesh

1 question from Fiscal deficit

Chairman of Niti Ayog – PM Narendra Modi

Currency Philippines – Philippine peso

Brazil capital – Brasilia

Sarita devi which sports – Boxing

RBI doesn’t control which one of them? ICICI Prudential

America Canada line – Parallel line 49

Who won Nobel Prize in micro economics? – Amartya Sen

Fort Aguada which state – Goa

IMF provides loan to whom? Only Member Countries

Next G 20 Summit – Istanbul, Turkey

New chief of IB – Dineshwar Sharma

Fresh water lake in U.S.A – Lake Superior

Purpose of monetary policy?

1 question on which of the following is not a Credit rating agency of India?

Which is regulator of commodity market – FMC

Cancer day – 4th February

Internet users in India in dec 2014 – 300 Million

Founder of self-help groups who won Nobel Prize for this? Mohammad Yunus

1 question on NPA

Casa related to?

Anirudh Jagannath is the PM of which country? – Mauritius

FAO headquarters – Rome, Italy

Urban development union minister – Venkaiah Naidu

According to 2011 census female rate per 1000 males in Haryana? – 879

Confucius prize was awarded to whom? – Fidel Castro

Dandi Kutir is established in which place recently? – Gandhinagar

Wandering in many worlds is autobiography of whom? – V. R. Krishna Iyer

Australia capital – Canberra

Afghanistan Currency – Afghan Afghani

National Youth Day – 12th January

2018 Commonwealth Game – Gold Coast, Australia

PMJDY payment card – Rupay

Small and Payment bank need how much Capital for start-up? – 100 Crore

Recently people of 13 country make march and pray for world peace in which state- Bihar

In India recently Bio fuel Train started from – Rohtak to Rewari

External Affair Minister – Smt. Sushma Swaraj

Recently Gyan Sangam Held in Pune For what Purpose – Banking Reform

APEC summit 2014 venue – Beijing

Chief Economic advisor to GOI – Arvind Subramanian

Switzerland beat whom to win Davis cup – France

Anemia is caused by deficiency of which vitamin – Vitamin B12

Bihu dance is related to which state – Assam

International court of justice HQ – The Hague

Prize given to Raghuram Rajan recently – Governer of the Year in Central Banks awards

Newspaper name of recent France attack – Charlie Hebdo

Highest mortality rate in infants state – Odisha

CBI new director – Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha

Barak Obama wife name – Michelle Obama

CVV FULL FORM – Card Verification Value

PAKISTAN CURRENCY – Pakistani Rupee

BSBDA A/C FULL FORM – Basic Savings Bank Account

Dramatic decade author? –Pranab Mukherjee

IMF headquarters –Washington D.C.

NITI Aayog vice chairperson – Arvind Panagariya

Who is Punkaj mishra – Writer

National voters day – 25th January

Argentina capital- Buenos Aires

Greece currency – Euro

BSF Foundation day –1 December

RBI regulate which sector -Banking

Sachin autobiography-Playing It My Way

2011 highest urban population state- Maharastra

1 mb = 1024 kb

Dong Fong missile strike range- Max.550 kms.

UNISCO Headquarter- Paris

Roger Federer related to which sport- Tennis

Where SAARC summit – Kathmandu, Nepal

Summer Olympics venue – China

Japan give award – Dr. Manmohan singh

Hudhud affect which coast? – Visakhapatnam

Bharatnatyam start from which state – Tamil Nadu

Agni4 range – 3,000 – 4,000 km

Where is the head quarter of UNICEF? – New York

When do we observe army day? – 15th January

Water week started from – 13th January in context with Ganga Rejuvenation Plan

Who is the current Defense minister of India? – Manohar Parikar

Jim Corbett national park is situated in which state? – Uttarakhand

Denmark capital – Copenhagen

Which is the Country having maximun gold mines – China

Which was the warmest year ever? – 2014

Which were the two new earths like planets discovered? – Kepler 438-b and Kepler 442-b

What is the currency of China? – Yuan

Rbi cut in repo rate by how much? – 25 basis points

There were few questions related to Census 2011

Note: The above information is based on the memory of our students and experts who appeared in the examination on 15th February 2015. The pattern and difficulty level may/ may not be the same in the upcomingSBI Associate Clerk shifts. If it is different than what you expect, do not panic or worry. Whatever be the level of examination, the cutoff marks will be normalized as per the exam level.